26.5 F
Saint Paul
Friday, March 29, 2024

HomeNews

News

LCWR president outlines ‘map-shaping’ concepts for future of religious life

Staring down a future of uncertainty, religious life finds itself in need of a map, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious told the organization's members.

Archbishop Hebda: Immigration policy should include mercy

Standing alongside a banner reading “Dignity Not Detention” Aug. 9, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that despite the world’s moral complexities, “any time that there is a policy or law that has such a detrimental effect upon families, that it’s wrong.”

Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border expulsions on target to break record

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end of July.

First-ever discipleship formation day planned for catechists Sept. 17

If youth ministers, catechists and other faith formation volunteers don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus, it is difficult to pass on the faith to others, said Karen Avila, a student information coordinator at a high school in southern California.

Cardinal Becciu says pope invited him to August consistory

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, currently facing charges of embezzlement and abuse of office, said Pope Francis invited him to attend the Aug. 27 consistory.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul brings hope, healing in year since floods

From death to new life, from devastation to hope, from fear to newfound faith, the people of Humphreys County have experienced a range of emotions over the last year as they recover from the catastrophic flash floods that hit the area, particularly Waverly and McEwen, Aug. 21, 2021.

Ruling on private school funding prompts new interest in Blaine amendments

The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected interest in what are known as Blaine amendments.

U.S. Supreme Court rulings open door to public funds for private schools; challenges remain

At least three decades of effort in Minnesota to broaden school choice to include religious and other private schools received a boost from a June U.S. Supreme Court decision, Carson v. Makin, when the high court clearly determined: "A state need not subsidize private education but once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious."
12,743FansLike
1,478FollowersFollow
6,479FollowersFollow
35,922FollowersFollow
583SubscribersSubscribe
Trending
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -